This document discusses virtualization options for deploying multiple Pipeline Pilot servers on a single physical server. It describes how virtualization allows a physical server to be partitioned into multiple logical partitions (LPARs), with each LPAR acting as its own independent server running its own operating system and applications. This enables both vertical and horizontal scalability. Virtualization reduces infrastructure expenses and allows more efficient use of software licenses by consolidating multiple application servers onto a single physical machine.

1. PP Virtualization Options for multiple PP Server deployments on a Single Server Ambareesh Kulkarni Sr. Director, Professional Services

3. Physical Partitioning P P P P M I/O Disk Disk P P P P M I/O Disk Disk P P P P M I/O Disk Disk P P P P M I/O Disk Disk P P P P M I/O Disk Disk P P P P M I/O Disk Disk Partition 1 Partition 2 Partition 3 Sun partitions are known as Domains P = processor, M = memory

4. Deploying Pipeline Pilot on Servers with LPARs M I/O Disk Disk Disk Disk Disk Disk Disk Disk Disk Disk Disk Disk Partition 1 Partition 2 Partition 3 Siebel PP 7.5 Oracle M I/O M I/O PP 6.x M I/O M I/O M I/O M I/O PP 8.x

5. Scalability – Infrastructure Design Scalability With an application like PP, the ability to scale by adding more resources to it is crucial. Traditionally this would have involved purchasing many high capacity physical servers and running complex clustering or application distribution technology. Vertical scalability means to add resources to a single note in a system, typically involving the addition of CPUs or memory to a single system. Such vertical scaling of existing systems also allows them to leverage virtualization technology more effectively, as it provides more resources to the hosted operating system and application to share. Horizontal scalability means to add more nodes to a system, such as adding a new server to a distributed software application. Virtualization again allows this to happen without adding physical servers as long as the application is able to support this type of distribution.

7. PP deployed in a Virtualized Architecture